Zero-Shot Generalization using Intrinsically Motivated Compositional Emergent Protocols
Abstract
Human language has been described as a system that makes \textit{use of finite means to express an unlimited array of thoughts}. Of particular interest is the aspect of compositionality, whereby, the meaning of a compound language expression can be deduced from the meaning of its constituent parts. If artificial agents can develop compositional communication protocols akin to human language, they can be made to seamlessly generalize to unseen combinations. Studies have recognized the role of curiosity in enabling linguistic development in children. In this paper, we seek to use this intrinsic feedback in inducing a systematic and unambiguous protolanguage. We demonstrate how compositionality can enable agents to not only interact with unseen objects but also transfer skills from one task to another in a zero-shot setting: \textit{Can an agent, trained to `pull' and `push twice', `pull twice'?}.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2105.05069,
title = {Zero-Shot Generalization using Intrinsically Motivated Compositional Emergent Protocols},
author = {Rishi Hazra and Sonu Dixit and Sayambhu Sen},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2105.05069},
year = {2021}
}
Comments
Accepted in NAACL 2021 workshop: Visually Grounded Interaction and Language (ViGIL). arXiv admin note: substantial text overlap with arXiv:2012.05011